Social and Economic Research
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Joint Usage and Research Center for Behavioral Economics
News
Sep 15th, 2026
"The evolved nest in childhood: relation to adult wellbeing and social capital across cultures", Professor Nobuyuki Hanaki (with Malthouse, E., Brown, G.D.A.) has been accepted for publication in Journal of Happiness Studies.
Sep 2nd, 2026
"An Empirical Assessment of Data Sharing and Computational Reproducibility in Sociology", Professor Taisuke Imai (with Rio Ikeuchi) has been accepted for publication in Royal Society Open Science.
Sep 1st, 2026
Professor Yuki Takahashi has joined us as Assistant Professor.
Aug 31st, 2026
Professor Hülya Kevser Kuzucu Eraslan (Rice University) is visiting us from Aug 31, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026.
Aug 10th, 2026
Assistant Professor Satoshi Fukuda (Santa Clara University) is visiting us from Aug 10, 2026 to Aug 28, 2026.
Upcoming Event
9/28
Sebastian Seitz
University of Manchester
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
10/5
Botond Kőszegi
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
10/19
Laura Panza
University of Melbourne
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
10/23
International Workshop on Experimental Economics 2026
Program Link10/26
Jun Goto
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
11/2
John Duffy
University of California, Irvine
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
11/6
Elaine M. Liu
Georgia State University
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
11/9
Jeong Yeol Kim
KDI School of Public Policy and Management
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
11/16
The 29th Moriguchi Prize
11/30
Séverine Toussaert
University of Oxford
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
12/3
CUHK-Hitotsubashi-Osaka Workshop on Political Economy
12/11
Jin Ye
The University of Osaka
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
12/14
Jin Wang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
2/15
Sanjeev Goyal
University of Cambridge
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
5/6
Michael Weber
Purdue University
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
11/8
Philip J. Reny
University of Chicago
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
Research Highlights
Robustly Optimal Voting Rule
Noriaki Kiguchi,
Shinpei Noguchi,
Yuta Takahashi
Journal of Economic Theory,
forthcoming
Takuro Yamashita,
Shuguang Zhu
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics,
18
(3)
pp.1-38
2026
DOI: 10.1257/mic.20240324
Olivia Miske,
Gwen-Jiro Clochard,
et al.
Nature,
652
pp.126-134
2026
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10203-5
Eugene Malthouse,
Charlie Pilgrim,
Daniel Sgroi,
Gwen-Jiro Clochard,
Nobuyuki Hanaki,
et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),
123
(12)
2026
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2504632123
A Behavioral Explanation for the Puzzling Persistence of the Aggregate Real Exchange Rate
Mario J. Crucini,
Mototsugu Shintani,
Takayuki Tsuruga
Journal of the European Economic Association,
forthcoming
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